Rose-colored Glasses Cut Headaches, Study Finds

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January 4, 1992

LONDON — Life can be less of a headache when viewed through rose-tinted spectacles, says a study released Friday. Ophthalmic specialists at Birmingham University in central England found that after four months of using colored lenses, the average number of migraine attacks among children 8 to 14 fell from 6.2 to 1.6 a month. Their findings were published in the latest issue of the British doctors' journal Pulse. Shades of red are known to reduce the effect of flickering fluorescent lighting.